Emma Townsend doesn't fit. She doesn't fit at the exclusive, private prep school she attends and her loneliness drives her to deeply identify with Jane of Bronte's Jane Eyre. One night during a terrible storm, she is sent back to Thornfield Park and into the body of Jane, where she finds comfort in finally belonging somewhere and an attraction to Rochester that is powerful. As she moves back and forth between these two worlds she struggles to discover who she really is and where she really belongs.
Eve Marie Mont's A Breath of Eyre is an interesting look at a young girl's coming of age. Reading it while longing for the greatness of the Gothic romance classic that Jane Eyre is may be like reading James Patterson expecting Agatha Christie. I did not really like Emma's interpretation of Jane, but as a method of propelling a young woman to become her own person, it worked.
Originally published 10/14/2014
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